Dirigible light.



E. En KRUMBEN.

DIRIGIBLE LGHT.

APYLIGAMON FILED 00122, 1914.

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Atorn @ys @IMG-IBLE LGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, i915..

Application led October 2, 1914. vSerial No. 864,685.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that li, EpMER E. KRUMBEIN, a citizen of theV United States, residing at Womelsdorf, in the countyV of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Dirigible Light, of whichthe following is a specication.

rThis invention relates to dirigible lights of that type especially designed for use in. connection with motor vehicles.

@ne of the objects of the invention is to provide means under the control of the driver whereby either or both of the lights can be turned relati\e to the vehicle on f' which they are mounted so as thus to cast rays of light in any desired direction irre- ,spectiveV of thedirection. in which the vehicle is traveling.

...It further object is to provide means for locking the lights against movement until it is desired to actuate them.

Another object is to provide operating y mechanism which is simple, durable and compact, inconspicuous, and which can be manipulated readily.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment .of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of whatis claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings z-Figure 1 is a plan view ot a motor vehicle having the present improvements combined therewith. Fig. 2

is an enlarged plan View of a portion of the mechanism constituting the present inven-l tion, the light being removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the lamp support and the mechanism thereunder. Fig. 4 is a section on line A-B Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the controlling levers in their normal positions. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing said levers 'shifted out of their normal positions.

Referring to the iigures by characters of reference C designates a portion ot a motor vehicle, and in the structure illustrated the mud guards D constitute supports for the dirigible lamps constituting the present inw vention although itis to be understood that these lamps can be mounted at any other points desired.

The present invention includes al base plate 1 adapted to be bolted or otherwise se-v cured'4 upon its supporting structure and arranged on this base plate are superposed bearing plates 2 and 3 which may be held together in any manner desired. Journaled between the plates 2 and 3 is a segmental gear 4 having an arm 5 extending inwardly therefrom beyond the edges of the plates 2 and 3. Gear 4i meshes with a small gear 6 secured to a stem 7 which is mounted for rotation within the plate 3 and is secured at its upper venol to a disk 8 arranged upon saidplate 3. This disk is provided with upstanding arms 9 adapted to be secured to a suitable lamp, shown for example at 10, it beingunderstood that any kind of a lamp may be mounted on and secured to the disk 8.

Disk 8 is provided at diametrically opposed points with stop shoulders 11 and 12 and upstanding from the plate 3 are stop pins 13 and 14. These pins are so positioned that when the lamp 10 is throwing rays forwardly, shoulder 12 is in engagement with.

pin 14. However, aiter the lamp has com pleted a one quarter turn outwardly from its normal position, shoulder 11. will come into contact with stop pin 13.

llVhen shoulder 12 is in engagement with' stop pin 14, shoulder 11 is engaged and held by a locking dog 15 pivotally mounted on the plate 3 and held normally in engaging position by a spring 16. One end of dog 15 is connected by a wire 17 or the like to one end of a bell crank lever 18 journaled upon plate 3 near the inner side thereof and secured to the other arm of the hell crank lever'18 is an actuating cord 19 which eX- tends rearwardly through the dashboard E ot the vehicle and is connected to a lever 2O fulcrumed upon the lower portion of the dashboard, where it can be reached readily by a foot of the driver. posed directly back of another corresponding lever 21, the two levers being so positioned that after the foot engaging end`22 of lever 20 has been pushed back a predetermined distance, it will strike the correspending end 23 of lever 21 so as to then cause said lever 21 to shift out of its normal position. Lever 2l has a tube 24 pivotally connected to it and extending forwardly through the dashboard E, this tube 2t being secured, 'et its iront end, te the inwerclly eX tending arni 5 oi" the segmental gear 4. A. spring 25 is also connected to the erm 5 and to the plate 3, thisspring' exerting e eonstant- .iorWard pull upon the erin 5 so es thus to hold shoulder l2 pressed against pin le end lamp l0 in position to direct rays of light forwardly. The cord 19 is extended through the tuhe lt is to be understood that Where two.

lamps are used upon a. vehicle, erich of them will he provided. With niechnnisinsuch es herein described, there beinga two levers 2G and 2 provided for each lmnp und these two pairs of levers heine,f oppositelj,7 disposed as s'lio'arn in Fig. l, both pairs being positioned Where the levers of one pair een he actuated readily by one foot, While the le Vers of the other pair can lie actuated. reed- -ily by the other foot.

Should it be rl'esired to shift the left lamp so as to throw rays of light laterally from the machine While the machine is moving forward or under any other conditions, it

against rotation, of ay lever., support rotating" niechnnism,n. connection .between seid mechanism and the lever, yielding Ineens for holding said mechanism and the linnn support normally in a prcdeterminetl position, :i

'second lever, and ineens operated hy esiti Vsecond lever for unlocking the lomp suplthe lever and erm, yieling ineens for :norninlly holding the` gears 1n predetermine( positions, o second lever, means connected thereto for unlocking the support, seid seeond lever being ndapte., during its inerement in one direction, successively to unlock weulcl merely he necessary for the iriver to press against the end 22 of lever 20. Before seid end comes into contest with the end 23 of lever 2l, the cord 19 will pull on lever 18 enel thus shift dog; l5 so es Vto unlock the disk 8. linmeclietely subsequent to thisnnlooking; operetion,'lever 2l is actuated in the manner described and will pull through tube 9.1% upon arm 5, thus actuating the gie-arse and 6 and causing the disk Sto rotate any desired distance or until the shoulder 1l comes against the stop 13. The speed oi.

this rotation ns Well as the extent o1" rotation f een lie-eesily'controlled by the driver. By using the right foot upon the other set ot' levers 2.0 l:intl 21, the other lamp can be un.- loeltel and rotated. Thus it `Will he seen that it possible, yloy means of the n1eohenism herein described, to direct ra'ys of light.

forwardly or laterally from the vehicle irrespective of the direction in. which vseid ve- 'hiele may be traveling.

lWhat is claimed is il. The eomhinetionwith e revoluhlc lmnp support, and ineens for locking the support the support :intl to nctuate the first ineni1 tionetl lever. Y

3. The combination with a lmnp support' mounted for rotation, and means for lock ing said support against movement, of e.

gear revoluhle with. the support5 another4 gear meshing therewith, en arin extending from the last nanied gear, e lever., e., tnhulsr connection hctweenthe lever end erm, yielding; ineens engaging the :irin for holding the lever and lomp support normally in predotermined positions, n' second lever., :incl :i

v connection between said second lever enti. the

locking means, seid connection being en tended through the tubulin' connection, the seulL second lever being adapted, during its rmovement in one direction, suceessivelyvto unlock the support :incl to` actuete the tiret noinecl lever to rotate the support.k

ln testimony that l claim the. foregoing :is my own, here hereto sinned my 'ignnture Sin the presence uftn'o witneses.

'ELMER El MUM. ITN. Witnesses lvr' ln. Emerson,

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